Back out on the icy streets this evening, from the guy shoveling his driveway who asked if there was nothing good on TV (there wasn't) to the polar bear attack at mile 2.5, to the screws coming dangerously close to perforating my feet thanks to putting them in overly worn soles. In spite of all that, though, it was a good run. Legs felt good, was able to pick up the pace late in the run, although the overall pace, counting bear assault, was 10:18 per mile. Today put me over 40 miles for the week and 100 miles for the month, not bad for missing 12 days due to weather and illness. Would have missed three more days with weather if not for the screw shoes, but I've already switched the screws over to the Asics with much thicker soles. I don't think I'll have to worry about perforated feet for the remainder of this little Ice Age.
Course went out the back, down my mini-Heartbreak hill, up to Shiloh, then back on Pump Station to Silent Grove. Starting pace was 10:23, then 10:10, then 11:43 as the bear arrived on the scene, 10:24, 9:40 with a little downhill, and 9:23 on dead flat past the sewage plant. Assuming I lost 1:15 for the bear, which seems reasonable, overall pace would have been right around 10:00, which is not bad on icy streets. | 